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Letter to Leonard Rogers, May 4, 1908
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A major figure in modern medical history, Sir William Osler is well known as a scientific researcher, a great medical pedagogue, a humanist, and an advocate for a patient-centered approach to medicine.
Born in Bond Head, Ontario, in 1849, Osler earned his medical degree at McGill University, and later taught at McGill's Faculty of Medicine from 1874 until 1884. Osler then joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he was appointed Chair of Clinical Medicine before becoming Physician-in-Chief and one of the "Big Four" founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital and medical school in Baltimore – the first school of its kind to train medical students in a modern residency program. Osler finished his career as Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University, where he also devoted time to his passion for book collecting. His library of nearly eight thousand rare and historic works of the history of medicine and science is known as the Bibliotheca Osleriana, documented by a published catalogue of the same title.
Sir William Osler was knighted in 1911 in recognition of his contributions to medical science and teaching. His library of 7600 volumes on the history of medicine and science bequeathed to McGill University forms the nucleus of the present Osler Library of the History of Medicine. His life and contributions to medicine are described in detail in the Pulitzer-Prize winning biography "Life of Sir William Osler" (London: Oxford University Press, 1925) by Harvey Cushing.
Letter to Leonard Rogers from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks for the paper (Extensive atherome and dilatation of the pulmary arteries, as not a very rare cause of fatal cardiac disease in Bengal). Asks him where he can find statement about the prevalence of aneurysm in India. Compliment on his book. The US Army has distributed it and reviews are good. Rogers did not make the Royal Society this time, they have a set against doctors now. P.S. His article will appear in the October number, the July one is full. Rogers's note on an Osler's request in 1918.
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